Bloodborne Bosses in Order

Here is our list of Bloodborne bosses in order, sortable by "optional", "mandatory" and also "Chalice Dungeon". The best ways to view this list are as a table (to clone and check the rings) or as a comparison list (default). You can change viewing modes simply by using the menu below this description (on desktop) or on the top right corner (on mobile).

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11th November 2022 in video gaming
Bloodborne Bosses in Order
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Cleric Beast

Cleric Beast

  • Optional
Great Bridge in Central Yharnam
How to Kill It
  • Sword Hunter Badge
Father Gascoigne

Father Gascoigne

  • Mandatory
Oedon’s Tomb at Central Yharnam
How to Kill It
  • Oedon Tomb Key
Blood-Starved Beast

Blood-Starved Beast

  • Optional
  • Chalice Dungeon
Church of the Good Chalice at the Old Yharnam
How to Kill It
  • Pthumerian Chalice
Vicar Amelia

Vicar Amelia

  • Mandatory
Great Cathedral at Cathedral Ward
How to Kill It
  • Gold Amulet
The Witch of Hemwick

The Witch of Hemwick

  • Optional
Witch’s Abode at the Hemwick Charnel Lane
How to Kill It
  • Rune Workshop Tool
  • Bloodshot Eyeball
Darkbeast Paarl

Darkbeast Paarl

  • Optional
The Graveyard of the Darkbeast
How to Kill It
  • Spark Hunter Badge
Shadow of Yharnam

Shadow of Yharnam

  • Mandatory
The Forbidden Grave
How to Kill It
  • Forbidden Grave Lantern
  • Blood Rapture Rune
Rom, The Vacuous Spider

Rom, The Vacuous Spider

  • Mandatory
  • Chalice Dungeon
Moonside Lake located at Byrgenwerth
How to Kill It
  • Kin Coldblood
The One Reborn

The One Reborn

  • Mandatory
Yahar’Gul Chapel at the Yahar’Gul Unseen Village
How to Kill It
  • Yellow Backbone
Martyr Logarius

Martyr Logarius

  • Optional
Forsaken Cainhurst Castle
How to Kill It
  • Crown of Illusions
Amygdala

Amygdala

  • Optional
  • Chalice Dungeon
The Nightmare Frontier
How to Kill It
  • Ailing Loran Chalice
Celestial Emissary

Celestial Emissary

  • Optional
  • Chalice Dungeon
Upper Cathedral Ward
How to Kill It
  • Communion Rune
Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos

Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos

  • Optional
  • Chalice Dungeon
Upper Cathedral Ward
How to Kill It
  • Great Isz Chalice
Micolash, Host of the Nightmare

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare

  • Mandatory
Middle Morgo’s Loft
How to Kill It
  • Mensis Cage
Mergo’s Wet Nurse

Mergo’s Wet Nurse

  • Mandatory
Nightmare of Mensis
How to Kill It
  • One Third of Umbilical Cord
Gehrman, the First Hunter

Gehrman, the First Hunter

  • Optional
Hunter’s Dream
How to Kill It
  • Old Hunter Badge
Moon Presence

Moon Presence

  • Optional
One Third of Umbilical Cord
How to Kill It
  • 230,000 Blood Echos
Undead Giant

Undead Giant

  • Chalice Dungeon
Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Adept Blood Gemstone
Merciless Watcher

Merciless Watcher

  • Chalice Dungeon
Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Pthumer Root Chalice
  • Tempering Blood Gemstone
Watchdog of the Old Lords

Watchdog of the Old Lords

  • Chalice Dungeon
Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Central Pthmeru Chalice
  • Fire Blood Gemstones
Beast-possessed Soul

Beast-possessed Soul

  • Chalice Dungeon
Central Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Tempering Blood Gemstone or Adept Blood Gemstone
Keeper of the Old Lords

Keeper of the Old Lords

  • Chalice Dungeon
Central Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Central Pthumeru Root Chalice
  • Sharp Blood Gemstone
Pthumerian Descendant

Pthumerian Descendant

  • Chalice Dungeon
Central Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Lower Pthumeru Chalice
  • Tempering Blood Gemstone
Maneater Boar

Maneater Boar

  • Chalice Dungeon
Hintertomb Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Radiant Blood Gemstone
Bloodletting Beast

Bloodletting Beast

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Defiled Chalice
  • Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Brainsucker

Brainsucker

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Hintertomb Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Tempering Blood Gemstone
  • Tempering Damp Blood Gem
  • Fire Damp Blood Gem
Forgotten Madman

Forgotten Madman

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Hintertomb Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Lower Hintertomb Root Chalice
Pthumerian Elder

Pthumerian Elder

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Hintertomb Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Short Ritual Root Chalice
  • Cold Blood Gemstone
  • Cold Abyssal
Abhorrent Beast

Abhorrent Beast

  • Chalice Dungeon
Ailing Loran Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Lower Loran Chalice
  • Bolt Damp Blood Gem
Loran Silverbeast

Loran Silverbeast

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Loran Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Random Waning Blood Gem
Loran Darkbeast

Loran Darkbeast

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Ailing Loran Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Lower Ailing Loran Root Chalice
  • Bolt Abyssal Blood Gem
Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen

Yharnam, Pthumerian Queen

  • Chalice Dungeon
Pthumeru Ihyll Chalice
How to Kill It
Headless Bloodletting Beast

Headless Bloodletting Beast

  • Chalice Dungeon
Lower Pthumeru Chalice
How to Kill It
  • Defiled Chalice
  • Pthumeru Ihyll Root Chalice
Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade

Ludwig the Accursed/Holy Blade

  • The Old Hunters
Hunter's Nightmare
How to Kill It
  • Guidance Caryll Oath Rune
Laurence, the First Vicar

Laurence, the First Vicar

  • The Old Hunters
Hunter's Nightmare
How to Kill It
  • Beast's Embrace Caryll Oath Rune
Living Failures

Living Failures

  • The Old Hunters
Research Hall
How to Kill It
  • Astral Clocktower Key
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower

  • The Old Hunters
Research Hall
How to Kill It
  • Celestial Dial
Orphan of Kos

Orphan of Kos

  • The Old Hunters
Lighthouse Hut
How to Kill It
  • Kos Parasite